For the past year, President Bharrat Jagdeo of Guyana has traveled the world offering to place his nation's forests under international supervision if other countries paid his citizens not to deforest the tropical landscapes. The campaign received major support last week when Norway announced a $30 million commitment for the small South American nation to implement an "avoided deforestation" plan.
For the past year, President Bharrat Jagdeo of Guyana has traveled the world offering to place his nation's forests under international supervision if other countries paid his citizens not to deforest the tropical landscapes. Much of Guyana's forestland is zoned for logging activities, and avoided deforestation schemes in neighboring Brazil could push logging into Guyana.
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The campaign received major support last week when Norway announced a $30 million commitment on Monday for the small South American nation to implement an "avoided deforestation" plan. If the program demonstrates success, Guyana will receive an additional $250 million through 2015.
"We are giving the world a workable model for climate change collaboration between North and South," said Erik Solheim, Norway's minister of environment and international development, in a statement. "It's not perfect, but it's good, and it will be improved upon as we learn and develop together."
